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Hong Kong’s benchmark interest rate is likely to normalize from extreme lows recorded last year in 2Q-3Q, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian state newspaper Izvestia that it was likely Putin would comment on it on Friday.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The analyst noted that first quarter growth was likely boosted by companies "frontloading" purchases to try to get ahead of supply disruptions due to the conflict, as well as by defence spending.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Three experts The Times interviewed said Raman still had a chance to pass Pratt, but it seemed more likely at this point that Pratt would survive and challenge Bass in November.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
More likely, he’d be chased out with flaming pitchforks, like in that book about the girl and the beast.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Vocabulary lists containing likely
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 3
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